Joe, AD2AH, has been asked if lightning rods would present a halo and degate the radiation pattern or a Endfed Antenna? He doesn’t think it would and that it might actually help the radiation strength. Dave here to share his thoughts.
Antenna
Six-Band HF Center-Loaded Off-Center-Fed Dipole by ON4AA
Design goals Like many fellow radio amateurs, I own a fairly standard shortwave radio station consisting of a 100W HF transceiver driving a 1kW… Read more
Mobile Antenna Little Tarheel HP
” When properly installed on your vehicle this antenna will provide continuous coverage from 7.0 to 54 MHz with the supplied whip. The Li… Read more
6M HO LOOP M2 ( 50MHz )
Our 6M HO Loop is the result of a continued development of reduced size, omni–directional horizontallypolarized loop-style antennas. This new de… Read more
Ionopheric Propagation of Dipoles
Edwin Anderson, asks what is the proper orientation and angle for a dipole if he plans to use it for ionospheric propagation? Read more
Green Heron Rotator Controller RT-21azel
Rotator Controller RT-21 Azimuth/Elevation Two separate control boards for independent Azimuth and Elevation New crisp OLED displays Separate Point-an… Read more
Review
ICOM IC-7300 Review and Full Walk Through
New technology is changing the way receivers are being designed and the IC-7300 is an industry first as an RF, Direct Sampling System is being used in… Read more
One Coax, Several Radios
Joe, Wb2ZDB, asks Hey Dave, In your “An Unusual Jpole Antenna” episode uou said something about having gotten a Coax Coupler from MFJ, hav… Read more
SDR School Part One The Basics
“If you feel a little left behind with all this new-fangled SDR stuff, this video is for you! SDR School is presented in a non-technical fashion… Read more
BITX-40 On The Air – K7AGE
“In this video, I do a bit of wiring and then get on the air and make some contacts during a contest.” The Raduino The new BITX40’s… Read more
Equipment
Lab599 Discovery TX-500
Today i’m bringing you an update on a very exciting qrp ham radio from Lab599. It’s called the Discovery TX-500. The TX500 is a HF & 6… Read more
X-Series Signal Analyzers – UXA Signal Analyzer, 3 Hz to 50 GHz
X-Series Signal Analyzers See the real performance of your design with wider (to 1 GHz), deeper views of the most challenging signals Measure the spec… Read more
Inflatable Antenna Towers
“Our inflatable antenna/video towers let you quickly put up antennas and/or video packages to extend or reinforce your coverage in a range of si… Read more
Icom IC-7300 – PRE-RELEASE INFORMATION
High quality real-time spectrum scope Now, a serious spectrum scope is NOT a “privilege” of high-grade models. The high-resolution real-ti… Read more
Newly released pictures of the new FTDX10 SDR
Newly released pictures of the new FTDX10 SDR Read more
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